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Video of the week 2013

Video of the week

This is a sub-page of "Touch of Grey" and has very little, if anything, to do with visitor safety, but a lot to do with fine music, although that of course is in the ear of the beholder. Playing around with new ideas, I thought I'd provide a link to a Grateful Dead-related video that has appeared on the Internet and caught my eye and ear, and might be of interest to the casual visitor to this page ... except that after the first few videos, I've moved on to other examples of excellent performances in different musical spheres, although frequently returning to Dead-related material.

Year ending 31st December - the master at work - the Jerry Garcia Band and "Tangled Up In Blue" from about 1990. Happy New Year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv7DY27aPyk

Week ending 20th December - a powerful family performance of a wonderful song - Anna McGarrigle, Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright - "Mendocino". Happy Christmas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z85yJwexow

Week ending 13th December - another from a previous year (1996) at the Bridge School - David Bowie assisted by Reeves Gabrels and Gail Ann Dorsey on an extraordinary acoustic version of "Heroes".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBiiFplMWls

Week ending 6th December - Jenny Lewis and "Rise Up With Fists!", recorded at the annual benefit concert for the Bridge School for children with severe physical impairments and communication difficulties in California. The main organisers of the fundraising concert are Neil Young and his wife.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjMFbnRmijE

Week ending 30th November - Martyn Simpson joined by Phil Beer and Steve Knightley for "Cardiff Bay".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAFIedP15VY

Week ending 15th November - from the past, and now't wrong with that - Little Feat and the late Lowell George - "Willin'".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNqv85coyTw

Week ending 8th November - superb solo performance by Peter Gabriel of "Here Comes The Flood" from about 3 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlRLvaXVyk8

Week ending 1st November - another legendary and influential musician passes, and to recognise this, Cowboy Junkies and a live version of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqxAkGkFTeQ

Week ending 18th October - interesting sound and light show from Haiku Salut - "Leaf Stricken".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orQFc5Iikk8

Week ending 11th October - back in the mists of time for historic gems on youtube - Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Joan Baez, "Dark Hollow" from the Warfield in San Francisco, December 1987.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViBJLUJ4fDQ

Week ending 4th October - missed a week - to compensate, part of a whole concert - Steve Knightley live in Shrewsbury in 2011, including songs such as "Undertow" and "Bristol Slaver".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvF5cr0XlWQ

Week ending 20th September - Ben Howard and "Oats in the Water".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A__w_YFYUpA

Week ending 13th September - fine recent performance by Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers of the classic "Mandolin Rain".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcbZMy0c42k&feature=player_embedded#t=15

Week ending 23rd August - Chris Wood, "Hollow Point", from the Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2011.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVecC8oNJl8

Week ending 16th August, a very different track - Ross Ainslie and Jarlath Henderson, "The Man Who Planted Trees".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=P25-n7uemFw

Week ending 9th August, after a short break from the weekly updates, a double offering of one track - "The Other One". 2 fine individual versions here:

Further from 2011 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygNdZgEdTx0

and a very eclectic version from Eden Mi Qedem in Jerusalem in 2010 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNGZFAxdtEs